[ noun ] an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000 <noun.act> the first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993
Moreover, Carter said he believes the intifada was caused by the way the Israelis have treated Palestinians.
The intifada in the occupied territories is testimony not only to Palestinian anger but to Israeli tolerance of political protest.
Despite claims that most murdered Palestinians are Israeli collaborators, it isn't clear how strong intifada leaders' control is.
Since the intifada, a series of protest strikes, boycotts and trade restrictions has shrunk production to $1.75 billion.
The intifada needs a political arm, she says, as well as actions in the streets.
The irony is that in the past year the Special Security Apparatus has taken under its wing Mr. Arafat's most menacing Palestinian rival: the Islamic Jihad, which emerged in the occupied territories during the course of the intifada.
"This is the street where his killers lived." While Mr. Karadi says that most of the shop-owners in the Old City are peaceful people who would like to see the intifada end and tourists and Israelis return, he still must regard everyone with suspicion.
Then there was a lot of press talk of my having been involved with directing the intifada.
That is a view shared by some Israelis who are uncomfortable with the notion that the border police, rather than the Israeli army, has primary responsibility for handling the intifada.
Similarly, before Palestinians started boycotting Israeli products during the intifada, Israeli manufacturers rang up large sales in the territories.
Someone shouts that instead of talking to Mr. Baker, the leaders should be concentrating on reigniting the intifada.
"Once a decision is made to go forward, the alternative in the territories will be between bloodshed and a blood bath," says Mr. Ya'ari, who co-authored a book on the intifada.
"I am not going to get into the causes of the intifada and who is in control," he said, using the Arabic word for the uprising.
This conspiratorial accusation, not insignificantly, is similar to the way the "intifada" may have started.